Avnet, Tricon, Tri-Continental partner

Avnet Technology Solutions has announced that its services business unit has formed a strategic agreement with leading training provider Tricon Academy, Tri-Continental Limited, to deliver a complete range of IBM-certified courses across Africa. As an IBM Global...

Telkom Foundation aids job seeking training

The Telkom Foundation has implemented job seeking training for Sebokeng youth to give them the basic skills they need in order to access job applications. The Telkom Foundation, including approximately 200 staff volunteers, assisted Sebokeng youth (aged between 18 and...

Learning, development beats training, HR

By virtue of the fact that learning and development (L&D) functions in the education, training and development (ETD) sector, many believe that its role purely relates to training facilitators and human resource departments, says Mark Orpen, CEO of The Institute of...

CoJ kicks off youth training

The City of Jo’burg held an induction ceremony for the first 250 digital interns of the 1 000 it plans to train this year under its JEDI (Jo’burg Educating Digital Interns) programme, to enable them to become employable or start SMMEs. The group was selected...

Artisan training numbers in downward spiral

As on-going retrenchments in the mining industry continue, artisan training appears to be in a downward spiral, according to at least one private artisan training company. Sean Jones, a co-founder and director of Artisan Training Institute (ATI), says bookings for...